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Indie game developer Giant Space Monster has retired from making videogames, and thereby delisted their paid game Immortal Darkness: Curse of the Pale King from Steam (was priced at A$11.50) - and has subsequently released an improved (Steam-free) version and giving it away as a free download.
Wait, what's the catch?
No catch*. The Giant Space Monster (All Hail The Giant Space Monster), has proclaimed that more mortals should play our game, and so we're giving our game away, free to play. No spyware, no crypto miners, no malware, no data gathering or snooping, and no in-app purchases or paywalls! Just install anywhere and play (Windows/PC ONLY).
NOTE: This version of the game has several improvements and bug fixes, and doesn't rely on Steam or any Steam services. If you previously purchased the game on Steam, this version is compatible with your saved games, and can be played instead.
If you already played our game and enjoyed it, or if you would like to pay your respects to The Giant Space Monster (All Hail The Giant Space Monster), consider sending us a few dollars by clicking the big, blue coffee button below :D Cheers!
[*] By downloading and playing Immortal Darkness: Curse of The Pale King, you pledge your undying soul to the service of The Giant Space Monster (All Hail The Giant Space Monster).
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DEVELOPER BLOG: Why we're giving our game away for free.
2023 marks my 40th year in the games business, making games pretty much continuously since 1983. Yes, I’m old. To mark this auspicious occasion, I’m hanging up my debugger and retiring from game dev (yeah, right). Obviously I’m still gonna mess around with the odd prototype here and there (told you so), but I don’t think I have another full project in me. My last published game, Immortal Darkness: Curse of The Pale King, was the best, most satisfying project I ever got to work on in my long career. Given the resources I had at the time, it’s as close to the game I always wanted to make, as I could get. Because I’m retiring, I also retired the game from Steam, and now I’m giving it away for free so more people can play it (link below). Think of it as a Holiday gift. I’m proud of the game and I reckon it’s a good project to end on.
Launch Trailer video & Game Description
Immortal Darkness: Curse of the Pale King is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler, with challenging real-time tactical combat, a wide variety of spells, and a dark and brooding dungeon full of lethal enemies, sadistic traps, and mind-bending puzzles. You are Shade, an ancient and legendary vampire hunter, who has been bitten, and now struggles against the vampiric curse. You must fight your way through a twisted labyrinth of horror and death to finally face the Pale King, lord of all Vampires, before succumbing to the vampiric curse yourself.
Enter a world on the brink of utter destruction, where nearly all life has been destroyed by a spreading plague of vampirism. As Shade, an ancient and legendary vampire hunter, who has been bitten and even now struggles to resist the curse of vampirism, you must enter a dungeon of death and madness, to face the Pale King, Lord of all vampires. As you make your way through this dungeon of horrors you must balance your need to drink blood to survive against your internal struggle against the evil that is consuming you.
I SO PALE